Tuesday, November 27, 2012

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine by Dr. William Cooper, pediatrics and preventive medicine professor at Vanderbilt University, claims that Ritalin and Adderall (two pharmaceutical drugs used to treat ADHD) can prevent the mind of hyperactive children from becoming criminals. Cooper contends that these drugs should continue to be administered through adulthood to prevent criminal activity later in life.

Cooper said:

There definitely is a perception that it’s a disease of childhood and you outgrow your need for medicines. We’re beginning to understand that ADHD is a condition for many people that really lasts throughout their life.

So far, 5% of the children in the US have been diagnosed with ADHD, a psychiatric disorder wherein the non-medical opinion of a psychologist is that a child is hyperactive, impulsive, has difficulty paying attention and therefore must be given pharmaceutical drugs so that “focus in school” can be achieved.

The study analyzed court and prison records from 2006 – 2009 to determine the number of those convicted who were on a drug to treat ADHD; as well as the severity of their crimes. Only 10 control subjects were entered into the study.

The findings showed:

• Thirty – seven percent of convicts were pre-diagnosed with ADHD
• It was likely that ADHD medication was used in 32% of male convicts and 41% of female
• ADHD sufferers were likely to commit burglary or theft
• Four thousand of the 23,000 crimes researched were violent

Paul Lichtenstein, researcher into ADHD for the Karolinska Institute, concurs with the findings of the study (although he had no part in the research). Lichtenstein stated: “It’s well known that individuals with ADHD have much higher rates of criminality and drug abuse than people without ADHD.”

The Karolinska Institute is one of the leading pharmacological research institutions that clarify the field of clinical medicine with the push of the use of drugs to treat physiological and psychological issues. Thirty percent of medicinal training and 40% of medical academic research is conducted at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, and all lectures are translated into English and taught in universities in the US.

Dr. Andrew Adesman, chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center, confirms through past research that adults who were diagnosed with ADHD as children are more likely to:

Adesman admits that not all children marked as ADHD go on to become criminals or divorcees, and that the majority of them simply grow out of the behavior. Yet, Adesman still maintains that despite the fact that ADHD is a phase of childhood that rarely carries into adulthood that “collectively, people with ADHD are at risk for a range of poor outcomes.”

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ADHD is treated with stimulants such as Methylphenidate (Ritalin, Metadate, Concerta, Daytrana), Amphetamine (Adderall), or Dextroamphetamine (Dexedrine, Dextrostat). These drugs have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for children as young as 6 years old.

The accepted treatment of ADHD has a list of dangerous side effects such as:

Dr. Fred Baughman, child neurologist and ADHD researcher states that the advent of ADHD diagnoses is a scheme to sell more anti-psychotic drugs to young children by the pharmaceutical corporations in conjunction with the psychiatric community. Baughman insists that a normal development in children has now been socially accepted as a neurological disorder that requires psychiatric treatment.

Annually, Ritalin sales reach the billions and Adderall has unquestionably surpassed the once-leading drug treatment for ADHD to become the drug of choice for pediatricians. However, doctors admit that the children “grow out of the symptoms of ADHD” and that none of the accepted pharmaceuticals actually cure the alleged disease.

Researchers, in keeping with the necessity for drugs to treat ADHD, claim that video games, television, and genetics are the causes of the “disease” while completely ignoring the chemical additives in processed foods that would be heightening a normal function in the neurological development of children.

Scientific evidence is limited to support the association between food additives and ADHD symptoms. Although it is possible that a very small group of children who are allergic to artificial colorings or preservatives may show improvement in symptoms on restriction diets, evidence is insufficient to recommend routine, widespread use of restriction diets to treat a child’s ADHD symptoms.

Artificial food coloring in addition to the preservative sodium benzoate was shown in studies to incited hyperactivity in children that had not been previously diagnosed with ADHD.

In 2010, there was an explosion of sales for drugs treating ADHD to the extent that manufacturers could not keep the drugs on the shelf. Without having a clear science of diagnosis, any psychiatrist could (and did) label as many children as possible with ADHD for the sake of profits to the pharmaceutical industry, as well as lending credibility to the interpretive world of psychiatry because this specialty analyzes emotional responses and behaviors without using scientific measurements or knowledge of causational disturbances that are reflected in real, physical diseases.

ADHD is one of the most lucrative schemes concocted by the psychiatric community in order to justify the development of pharmaceutical drugs that were already in production.

Susanne Posel is the Chief Editor of Occupy Corporatism. Our alternative news site is dedicated to reporting the news as it actually happens; not as it is spun by the corporately funded mainstream media. You can find us on our Facebook page.

4 comments:

This is such a made up disease. I know of one person who was on it for most his childhood. If it kept him from becoming anything, it kept him from becoming everything. He is a zombie, with no natural drive and no ambition whatsoever. So if you want to create mindless robots, this certainly is the drug to use.

...and WHO are the drug dealers in this country? Big Pharma are worse than the illicit drug dealers in that their drugs create such dependencies AND side effects, you need more of their other drugs to live.

When my son was in the FIRST grade the teacher sent notes home telling me that my son had an attention problem and she recommended I take him to his pediatrician to be checked. I had no problems at home with my son EVER so I couldn't imagine hearing this news. But then maybe all the other children in one room was overwhelming to him I thought. Long story short the physician told me about this NEW MIRACLE DRUG for children with problems concentrating. As directed I gave my son this little blue pill just before he left for school the next day, after school he comes in the door crying for NO REASON AT ALL.......the next day we begin again only after school my son comes in the door crying again and when I asked him why he was crying he said he was going to commit suicide!!!!! A first grader knows of COMMITTING SUICIDE?? NOT MY SON!!! This little man was a happy kid that I knew of. I immediately contacted this family physician I solely respected and chewed his ass out! I flushed those pills down the toilet and I had never had an issue with him again, and to my surprise, I never got another note from the teacher or anyone else stating my son was acting out in class.....so what is this bull---t about?? Yes,, the doctor was coaxed to hand out this horrifying crap to these poor babies (and yes at first grade they are STILL babies). PLEASE MOTHERS and FATHERS, if you truly love your children NEVER EVER EVER put your babies on ANY medication especially at that age, I feel it gives a reason to make them into future drug users at best. And by the way, my son to this day has never used ANY drugs and is successful and a father of three gorgeous babies and a beautiful level headed wife. Lets think about what we may be doing when it comes to medications and our precious children. Just saying, and if I can find a class action suit going against the makers of RIDALYN I would jump on that faster than you can blink an eye!

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